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All set
in Egypt for Wednesday's presidential elections
Tuesday May 22, 2012 05:30:16 PM,
IANS
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Cairo: More than 50
million voters in Egypt will Wednesday decide who will lead them
as president after more than a year since the fall of Hosni
Mubarak who ruled the North African country for 30 years.
Around 14,500 judges will monitor the presidential elections
nationwide in addition to 65,000 public servants, according to the
official MENA news agency.
According to recent opinion polls, former Egyptian foreign
minister and Arab League chief Amr Moussa, Islamist leader Mohamed
Aboul Fotouh, Freedom and Justice Party chairman Mohamed Morsi and
former prime minister Ahmed Shafiq are the top hopefuls among the
13 presidential candidates.
Armed forces and police will coordinate to secure the voting
sites, the judges and the voters, said Xinhua.
Voting cards where forgery will be difficult are ready, the report
said.
A run-off will be held in mid-June if no one wins in the first
round.
Overseas Egyptians have already voted in more than 100 countries.
The final results will be announced June 21, and the current
military rulers will transfer power by June 30.
A poll by the state-run Al-Ahram Center found Moussa leading the
pack with 31 percent. Ex-prime minister Ahmed Shafiq was in second
place at 23 percent, while the Muslim Brotherhood's Mohamed Mursi
was third along with Islamist Abdel Moneim Abol Fotouh with
roughly 15 percent apiece, the Jerusalem Post reported.
Results from 15 embassies and consulates worldwide placed Abol
Fotouh on top with nearly 12,000 votes. Hamdeen Sabahy, a leftist
nationalist has come in a surprise second with some 8,000 votes,
with Moussa just behind and Mursi and Shafiq bringing up the rear.
The elections would be the first since Mubarak was ousted after 18
days of demonstrations in February 2011. He ruled Egypt for 30
years, after assuming the presidency in October 1981, following
the assassination of then president Anwar Sadat.
Mubarak is now facing a trial on charges of corruption and abuse
of power and premeditated murder of peaceful protesters. He may be
sentenced to death if found guilty.
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